Why we exist
The person behind the title
Behind the Scrubs is a healthcare storytelling publication. We humanize healthcare by showing the person and the experience behind each professional title — the career journeys, the day-to-day realities, the burnout and the joy, the staffing pressures, and the human factors that quietly shape patient care.
Our mission
Every clinician carries stories the rest of the world needs to hear — and most of those stories never make it past the break room. We built Behind the Scrubs so healthcare professionals can speak for themselves: in their own words, on their own terms, with full control over their name and identity. No spin, no sanitizing, and never at the expense of patient privacy.
Who we write for
Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, midwives, and every other professional who works inside healthcare — plus students deciding whether to join, and the families who love someone in scrubs. If you want to understand what this work is really like, you're in the right place.
What we publish
Unfiltered interviews
Long-form video conversations with nurses, physicians, NPs, PAs, and CNAs — about the career, not the press release.
Frontline stories
First-person accounts of the moments that shape a clinical life: the saves, the losses, and everything in between.
Honest career resources
Practical guides for real clinical careers — first jobs, burnout, boundaries, and the decisions nobody warns you about.
How we work
- Every story is shared with permission — nothing is published without the contributor's approval of the final version, and anonymity is always an option.
- We protect patient privacy without exception. Contributors are asked to remove anything that could identify a patient before we ever see a draft.
- We publish respectful, grounded accounts — honest about the hard parts of healthcare, careful never to sensationalize them.
Read our full Editorial Policy.
Your voice matters
The story only you can tell
If you work in healthcare and have a story to share — a win, a struggle, a lesson — our editors would love to read it.
Share your story